Elisabeth Hasselbeck has a "long-term contract" with "The View," a rep for the ABC daytime talk show said Friday in response to reports that say the conservative co-host is set to leave her job after nine years.

"Elisabeth Hasselbeck is a valued member of 'The View' and has a long-term contract," a ABC Entertainment Group spokesperson said in a statement obtained by OTRC.com on Friday, in response to the reports.

Hasselbeck has not commented. "The View" debuted in 1997 with four co-hosts - Walters, Star Jones, Meredith Vieira and Debbie Matenopoulos, who was axed two years later. The panel changed throughout the years.

Viera left in 2006 and joined NBC's "Today" show. Jones departed the same year after ABC opted not to renew her contract, following market research that showed that her dramatic weight loss and 2004 wedding to banker Al Reynolds had turned viewers off. She announced her exit on an episode of "The View," two days before the network had planned to confirm her departure to viewers.

Hasselbeck joined "The View" in 2003. Comedienne Sherri Shepherd was added to the panel in 2005 and Whoopi Goldberg, the current fifth co-host, was brought on in 2007.

Check out five notable moments involving Hasselbeck and "The View."

1. 2007 - Hasselbeck feuds with co-host Rosie O'Donnell.

O'Donnell, who has expressed liberal views, left the series in 2007 after she and Hasselbeck got into a screaming argument about the U.S.-led war on Iraq and al-Qaeda on the air. The two have argued on the show before. This time, O'Donnell accused her of not defending her against right-wing media criticism. People magazine reported that one of O'Donnell's staffers was caught drawing a mustache on a picture of Hasselbeck at "The View" studio.

Before the 2008 election, during the Republican National Convention, Hasselbeck hosted a televised luncheon honoring presidential candidate John McCain's wife Cindy, who had months earlier appeared on "The View." Michelle Obama, wife of then-Democratic contender and now President Barack Obama, had also been a guest on the show that year.

"Cindy came to our hair and makeup room, fresh as can be, and unlike another wife of a political candidate, who shall remain nameless, she didn't come with a list of topics that we weren't allowed to touch. That's because she had nothing to hide," Hasselbeck said at the event.

Hasselbeck stirred controversy when she criticized Andrews for wearing skimpy outfits while she competed on "Dancing With the Stars" in May 2010.

"For the past like three weeks she's been wearing like next to nothing," Hasselbeck said, later noting the ESPN newscaster was once stalked by a man who filmed her naked in a hotel room.

"I think in light of what happened and as illegal and as inexcusable as it was for that horrific guy to go in and try to peep on her in her hotel room, in some way, if I'm him, I'm like, 'Man, I could have just waited 12 weeks and seen this, a little bit less, without the prison time.'"

The legislation was backed by First Lady Michelle Obama. Palin said parents should be responsible for their children's nutrition.

"I don't think it's right on either side of the aisle particularly when it deals with children's health," Hasselbeck said, adding that Palin's "mistake" was not taking into account the numerous parents who do not pack lunches for their children.

Walters teased Hasselbeck for her brief political shift, saying: "I would like it to be noted. On this day ... Elisabeth Hasselbeck said something that was not positive about Sarah Palin."